Re: Descendants of Johnson "Johnnie" Adkins and Nellie Napier

NELLIE ADKINS (Oct 16, 2008) NELLIE ADKINS, 99, of Ceredo, W.Va., widow of Johnnie Adkins, died Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at the Hollbrook Nursing Home in Buckhannon, W.Va. She was born on December 17, 1908, in Stiltner, W.Va., a daughter to the late Pearlina (Adams) and John Kirk Napier. She worked at Cammack Children School and Camden Park as a Cook. She is a member of the Philadelphia United Baptist Church, Lavalette, W.Va. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Adkins, and two grandsons, Larry E. and William Keith Adkins. Survivors include a son, John Adkins Jr. and his wife, Diane, of Jackson, Ohio; a daughter-in-law, Nina Mae Adkins; grandchildren, John David and wife Sidney, Kenneth R. and wife Frances, Deborah and husband Tucker Lynch, and Shawn Adkins. Mrs. Adkins also leaves behind eleven great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren all whom she loved very much. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Ceredo-Kenova Funeral Home with Rev. Don Napier and Rev. Glen Kiah Williamson officiating. Burial will follow in the Spring Valley Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Ceredo-Kenova Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed to the family. Note: Obituary included a photo.

Henderson ADKINS (Harmon ADKINS5, Hezekiah ADKINS4, Littleberry ADKINS3, Parker V. ADKINS2, William Atkinson ADKINS1) was born 23 April 1869 at Lick Creek in Wayne County, West Virginia and died in Wayne County 29 June 1915. He married first Buena Vista RAMEY [“Bunea”] in Wayne County 13 October 1892. She died about 1895 in Wayne County. He married second Laura Belle COX 29 July 1896, daughter of John COX and Unknown UNKNOWN.

i. Harmon ADKINS was born 31 July 1898 and died 9 December 1984. He married Virgie Mae LOWE, daughter of Winchester LOWE and Cora NAPIER BRUMFIELD.

ii. Vicy Jane ADKINS was born 4 August 1900. She married Pearly NAPIER in 1916.

iii. Johnnie ADKINS was born about 1903.[An Ancestry.com post states that he was born 28 February 1903 in West Virginia and died April 1977 at Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia. And that he married Nellie Napier.]